Portable lever or hand-car turn-table



W. B. H. PEGRAM. PORTABLE LEVER 0R HAND CAR TURN TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29.1919.

Patented July 29, 1919.

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WILLIAM B. H. PEGRAM, OF ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA.

PORTABLE LEVER OR HAND-CAR TURN-TABLE.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

Application filed March 29, 1919. Serial No. 286,059.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. H. Pr.- GRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkin, in the county of Surry and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Levers or Hand-Car Turn-Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a durable lever or hand car turn table, and has for its object the construction of a simple and officient apparatus for the placing of a hand car upon a railroad track, or the quick and comparatively easy removal of a hand car from a railroad track to one side thereof.

With this and other objects in View, my invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter specifically de scribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the apparatus being shown in a position for removing a hand car from the track or for placing the car upon the track.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view taken on line 22, Fig. 1, omitting the primary tie.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, perspective view of the auxiliary, rotatable plate.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the hinged, supporting arms.

eferring to the drawings by numerals, 1 comprises the primary tie and 2 the auxiliary ties upon which are secured the usual rails 3; these ties and rails constitute a railroad track. I

My apparatus comprises a primary support or bed plate 4 that is provided with integral, downwardly-extending prongs 5. These prongs sufliciently penetrate the tie 1 for holding the apparatus temporarily upon the tie against accidental displacement, and if it is desired to further fasten the apparatus to tie 1, spikes 6 may be employed as additional securing means. The primary plate 1 is provided with a central socket 7 for receiving the downwardlyextending or concavo-convex portion 8 of the auxiliary, rotatable plate 9. Both the plates 1 and 9 are provided with registering apertures 10 for receiving the fastening bolt 11, which bolt is provided with a nut 12 upon its threaded end.

The auxiliary plate 9 is provided with integral pairs of aperturcd cars 13; the ears in each pair extend upwardly, and to each pair of ears is secured a hinged, supporting arm 14. Each supporting arm 14 comprises a straight body portion 15 having at its outer end hook 16, and near hook 16 is preferably a pair of horizontally-alined apertures 17; near the inner end of the body 15 is a vertical aperture 17 (Fig. 6), and upon the inner end of body 15 is formed a vertically-extending, aperturcd lug 18, which lug 18 has a slightly outwardlybeveled inner end 19 that engages the auxiliary plate 9 between the ears of each pair, holding the arm when folded down as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 in a slightly raised position, whereby the auxiliary rails 20 are held slightly above the main or primary rails 3. The apertures of ears 13 and the aperture in the lug 18 register, and suitable fastening means, as shown at 21 (Fig. 4-), are placed in these registering apertures for holding the arms 14 upon the ears of plate 9. For compactness, when the apparatus is to be removed or transported, the arms 14 can be folded together as indicated by the dotted positions in Fig. 1.

The outer flanges of the auxiliary rails 20 are placed under the hook 16 of the arms, and then suitable fastening means, as spikes 22 (Fig. 2), may be employed for securely fastening the auxiliary rails 19 upon the arms.

Bracing links 23 are employed for strengthening and stabilizing the auxiliary rails 20, and each link 23 is fastened at its outer end in an integral lug 24 formed upon rail 19, and is hooked, at its inner end, into aperture 17 of arm 14.

Rails 25 can be attached to the ends of the auxiliary rails 20 in any desired manner; these rails 25 constitute a switch for facilita-ting the running of the hand car up on to the turn table, or by detaching rails 25 at 26, the car can be left on rails 25 at one side of the main railroad track.

It is to be understood that I have produced a comparatively simple, portable ap paratus for placing a hand car on or off a main railroad line 'or track,-an*d by reason of the peculiar construction of the arms, etc., an excellent turn table is produced, the placing of the hand car on the auxiliary rails 20*makingit easy to turn 'or revolve the car to the position desired by the operators.

In manufacturing my invention, certain minor changes may appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, and, therefore, I reserve the right to make such changes or alterations as shall'fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a primary support provided with a central aperture and a central socket, an auxiliary support provided with a central aperture and a central concavoconvex portion fitti-ng into said central socket of the primary support, fastening means extending through the apertures of the primary and auxiliary supports securing the sametogether, rails positioned contiguous to said auxiliary support, and means connecting said rails to said auxiliary sup ort. p 2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a. primary support,xof an auxiliary support ,rotatably mounted upon said primarysupport, said auxiliary support provided with pairs-0f upwardlyextending ears, arms provided with lugs po sitioned b'etweenethe ears, fastening means extending through the ears and through said lugs of the arms, pivotally securing the arms upon the auxiliary support, rails positioned upon said arms, and means securing said rails to said arms.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a primary plate or support, of an auxiliary support rotatably mounted upon said primary support, said auxiliary support provided with ears, arms pivotally connected to said ears and provided at their inner ends with beveled, outwardly-inclined faces normally engaging the auxiliary support wherebythe arms'are held slightly in raised positions, and rails secured to said arms.

4:. In an apparatus'of the class'described,

the combination with a support, of an auxiliary plate rotatably mounted upon I support, said auxiliary plate provided with i said pairs of parallel, upwardly-extending lugs, arms provided at their inner ends with upwardly-extending apertured lugs, the lugs of the arms positioned between the ears, each lug provided with an outwardly beveled face adapted to engage the auxiliary plate between the ears for holding the arm in a Gopies of-this patent may be obtained for 'tatably-mounted' plate carried by auxiliary provided at its opposite sides relatively raised positionpfastening means extending through the ears and the lugs of the arms for securing'the arms upon the the combination with a support, of a plate rotatably mounted upon said support, arms pivotally connected to said plate, rails resting upon said arms, bracing links connected at theirinner ends to said arms and connected at their outer ends to said rails, and means supported by the arms for securing and fastening the rails thereto.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a support, of a rosaid support, arms'hingedly connected to said plate and provided with means at their inner ends whereby they are retained normally in a slightly raised or inclined position, and rails supported upon said arms.

7. Inan apparatus of the class described, the combination of a primary plate pro vided with integral depending prongs and with a central socket and an aperture, an plate having a concavo-convex portion fitting the socket of the primary plate, said auxiliaryplate provided with a central aperture registering with the aperture of the primary plate, a bolt extending through said registering apertures of the auxiliary plates and connecttogether, said'auxiliary plate with up wardly-extending apertured ears, the ears arranged in pairs, an arm having an upwardly-extending apertured lug positioned between the, ears of each, pair, fastening means extending through the ears of each primary and mg the same pair and the lug for pivotally securing the arm upon the auxiliary plate, each arm provided contiguous to the lug with a downwardly and outwardly-extending beveled face adapted to engage the auxiliary plate for holding the arm in a slightly raised position, each arm provided at its outer end with a hook and near said hook with a pair of transversely-alined apertures, rails carried by said arms and engaging the hooks, fastening means extending through the transversely-alined apertures of the arms and securing the rails upon the arms, each rail provided with an apertured'lug on its inner face,and bracing links secured at their outer ends in the apertured lugs of the rails and having their inner ends extending through the arms near their inner ends, substantial-ly as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

WILLIAM B. PEGRAM.

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